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D6 Austin American-Statesman Sunday, September 11, 1994 This section is recyclable COLLEGE FOOTBALL SM scares UClAin 17-10 loss W. M- -7 IIS I i Si a 5. 1 Louisiana Tech mm crushes Houston Associated Press RUSTON, La. Jason Cooper ran for 106 yards and Jason Armstrong rushed for 96 Saturday night in leading Louisiana Tech to a 32-7 victory oyer Houston. Cooper's 25 carries included a 5-yard touchdowhf that staked Tech (1-1) to a 7-0 lead.

He also caughtX 39-yard touchdown pass from Jason Martin to expand Tech's lead to 2(H) after three periods. It was the ninth time Cooper has rushed for 100 or more yards in his career. Armstrong carried 16 times, running 9 yards for one touchdown as Tech ground out 234 yards rushing on 52 carries. Marty Kent also kicked field goals 32, 18 and 42A yards and Steve Roberts contributed a safety for the Bulldogs. Martin completed 13 of 19 passes for 167 yards asr Tech gained 407 total yards, 237 in the second half.

Tech's stingy defense, meanwhile, held Houston to. 64 yards rushing on 24 carries and 141 yards.1 passing. Houston (6-2) didn't score until the fourth quarter on Chuck Clements' 12-yards touchdown pass to Daniel Adams with 14:46 left in the game. The Cougars finished with just 64 rushing yards, 56 by Jer-" maine Williams on 11 carries. McNair sets I-AA mark-with 647 total yards Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Term.

Steve McNair threw for eight touchdowns and set a new Division I-AA record with 647 offensive yards as Alcorn State feated Tennessee-Chattanooga 54-28 Saturday. McNair rushed for 156 yards on 13 carries and was. 27 of 44 for 491 yards, topping the 643 yards Weber State quarterback Jamie Martin gained against Idaho State Nov. 23, 1991. Martin threw for 624 yards and ran for 19 more.

AP "i r- SMU running back Jacques Smith is gang tackled, led after a 2-yard gain In the first quarter Saturday. The by UCLA's Phillip Ward (97) and Donnie Edwards (23), 13th-ranked Bruins beat stubborn SMU 17-10. By John Nadel Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. UCLA's next game is against top-ranked Nebraska, and the way Coach Terry Donahue sounded after his team's 17-10 victory over Southern Methodist the Bruins don't have much of a chance. "We're not a great football team, guys," Donahue told reporters Saturday after the 13th-ranked Bruins held off the Mustangs.

"We are lucky to be 2-0. It was hard to explain to our kids that this would not be a walk-through. "We fatigued. SMU did a good job of keeping the ball away from us. They played real hard and didn't turn it over.

We struggled to a win today." Shannon Shah rushed for 158 yards on 24 carries, caught six passes for 52 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter as the Bruins hung on in the late going for the second straight game. In its season opener, UCLA blew most of an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter before beating No. 19 Tennessee 25-23. Shah's 9-yard run with 12:17 left capped a 79-yard, nine-play drive, which came right after SMU tied the game. "I don't think we overlooked them, they were just a tough team," Shah said.

"But we definitely did not think it would be this close. We stopped ourselves on a lot of plays. We're still trying to get our thing together." The Mustangs had first and goal at the UCLA 3-yard line with 1:45 remaining, but two running plays lost a yard each before Donnie Edwards sacked Ramon Flanigan for an 11-yard loss. Edwards was credited with 4Vi of UCLA's eight sacks. After a delay-of-game penalty, Flanigan threw an incomplete pass, and UCLA then ran out the clock.

"Coach said if we wanted to win the national title, we've got to stop them," said UCLA safety Abdul McCullough, who was involved in 12 tackles and had an interception. "We knew their quarterback was a good athlete, so we had to stop him." The Bruins (2-0), favored by more than three touchdowns, blew several scoring chances and had their hands full containing Flanigan, who completed 22-of-34 passes for a career-high 301 yards and his team's only touchdown with one interception. UCLA played without All-America wide receiver J.J. Stokes, who sat out the game because of a bruised left thigh. After Shah's touchdown, UCLA missed a chance to extend its lead when Bjorn Merten missed a 44-yard field goal with 5:26 remaining.

The Mustangs then marched deep into UCLA territory before the Bruins stopped them. "Before the end, the players expected to win, but time ran out on us," SMU Coach Tom Rossley said. "They played hard but they got the loss." Rossley said Flanigan shouldn't have gotten sacked on SMU's next-to-last offensive play. "We made a mistake," Rossley said. "We missed a block in front, and Ramon should have thrown the ball out of the end zone.

It should have been fourth-and-goal from the 5. But that's just experience." The Mustangs (0-2) tied the game 10-10 on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Flanigan to Mick Rossley, son of the SMU coach, with 1:09 remaining in the third quarter. SMU drove 68 yards on 10 plays following an interception of Wayne Cook's pass by Troy Williams. Texas-El Paso repels Eastern Illinois 22-20 i i i a r-i i urwn Texas colleges y.m ALL SEASON STEEL HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPACT IMPORT 1 A RADIAL WIIITEWALLS STEEL RADIALS BlAtKWAll RADIAL M- -r a mm P155R80R-13 P185R70R-13 155 R-12 P19575R-14 4 FOR ...127.00 P20575R-14 4 FOR ...131.00 P21575R-15 4 FOR ...147.00 P23575R-15 4 FOR 155.00 P20570SR-14 4 FOR ...171.00 P21570SR-14 4 FOR ...187.00 P23570SR-15 4 FOR ...251.00 P27570SR-15 4 FOR ...271.00 155R-13 4 FOR ...103.00 17570R-13 4 FOR ...103.00 18570R-13 4 FOR ...107.00 19570R-14 4 FOR ...127.00 ed 13 of 21 passes for 151 yards for Sam Houston (2-0). Montana St.

21 Stephen F. Austin 18 NACOGDOCHES Fred Moore and Da'Ron Cornier each scored touchdowns to give Montana State an early lead, then the Bobcats (2-0) held off a second-half rally by Stephen F. Austin (0-1-1). Moore scored on a 6-yard run and Cornier had a 33-yard TD run on his only carry of the night as Montana State jumped to a 21-7 halftime lead. E.

Texas St. 49 NW Missouri St. 13 COMMERCE East Texas State quarterback Chandler Evans came off the bench and threw three touchdown passes as the Lions rolled past Northwest Missouri State. Howard Payne 50 Ottawa 8 OTTAWA, Kan. Howard Payne's Scott Lichner threw four touchdowns and ran for a fifth as the Yellow Jackets routed 40,000 MILE WARRANTY 40,000 MILE WARRANTY 40,000 MILE WARRANTY cmiiliiiiaB 3 XW4 XZ4 DECATHLON P21575R15 $3 P13575R-14XZ4 P23575R15 58.99 80-850R-15 74.99 P15580R-13 ML 0575R-14 XZ4 70.99 P20575B-15XW4 73.99 99 P19575R-14 40.99 P20575R-15 45.99 81-105OR-15 ......70.

LT23585R16 ......82. Associated Press EL PASO Texas-El Paso defensive tackle Edward Shaw blocked Steve Largent's 44-yard field goal attempt with 3 minutes, 13 seconds remaining and the Miners held on to beat Eastern Illinois Saturday night 22-20. UTEP (1-1) then ran the clock down to 14 seconds behind the running of Toraino Singleton, who finished with 153 yards on 38 carries. The Miners pounded the Panthers (0-2) with 266 rushing yards as fullback Kayo Aumua added 58 yards on 11 carries. UTEP scored first on a 38-yard pass from Shawn Gray to J.J.

Rowlett. Eastern Illinois then took a 14-7 first-quarter lead as quarterback Pete Mauch scored on runs of 4 and 13 yards. Mauch also completed 10 of 15 passes for 199 yards. UTEP tied the game on a 1-yard scoring plunge by Singleton, then Marshall Young hit a career-long 53-yard field goal as time expired to give the Miners a 17-14 halftime lead. North Texas 26 SW Missouri St.

20 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Mitch Maher passed for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth as North Texas beat Southwest Missouri State in a quarterback duel. Maher threw for 237 yards and completed 14 of 24 passes with no interceptions. He ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the third quarter and had 68 yards rushing. Mississippi Col.

21 Abilene, Christian, 7 ABILENE Bobby Thaxton hit Donnie. Ashley with a 30-yard touchdown pass to snap a third-quarter tie and lead Mississippi College (1-0-1) to a victory over Abilene Christian (0-2). Thaxton completed eight of 15 passes for 119 yards and he led the Choctaws on two second-half scoring drives. Hardin-Simmons 44 Panhandle St. 0 GOODWELL, Okla.

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